US rubbishes rumours of travel warning for Pakistan.

WASHINGTON -- Refuting a false 'travel warning' for Pakistan amid the ongoing political turmoil in the country, the US State Department's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) on Sunday clarified that it had not issued any travel advisory for the country in June.

A fake travel warning was circulating on social media platforms for the past couple of days, urging US citizens of Pakistan origin to avoid using National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) while travelling to Pakistan.

'If you are travelling to Pakistan from USA, Canada you should not use NICOP. Instead get a Pakistani visa on USA/Canada passport,' read the fake travel warning.

Reacting to the fake document, the SCA said: 'We're aware of a fake travel warning circulating.'

It added: 'As a reminder, all our alerts and...